Velma J. Gilroy
Feb 16, 2010
Velma J. Ragain Gilroy, 78, of Pekin died at 4:40 pm Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL. Velma was born on November 15, 1931 in Pekin, IL to Wayne and Emma (Vogel) Courtright. She married John W. 'Bill' Gilroy Sr. on January 28, 1994 in Pekin. Preceding in death are her parents...
Louis Fischer
Feb 15, 2010
Louis R. Fischer Jr., 85, of North Pekin died at 3:41 pm Monday, February 15, 2010 at his home. Louis was born November 11, 1924 in Pekin to Louis R. and Etta (Stilts) Fischer Sr. He married Patricia M. Starcevich on May 28, 1947 in Springfield, IL. She died on March 12, 2008. Also preceding in death are three...
Jeanne G. Benningfield
Feb 15, 2010
Jeanne G. Benningfield, 66, of Peoria passed away at 11:25 pm Monday, February 15, 2010 at her home with her family at her side. Jeanne was born September 26, 1943 in Pekin, IL to Richard F. and Lenora A. (Roos) Wolfer. She married Dr. Frank Benningfield on August 1, 1964 in Pekin. Preceding in death are her parents and...
Mildred Willock
Feb 12, 2010
Mildred B. 'Millie' Willock, 88, of Pekin passed away at 3:10 am Friday, February 12, 2010 at Pekin Hospital. Millie was born on April 7, 1921 in Springlake Township, Tazewell County, Illinois to Philip and Johanna (Musselman) Guengerich. She married Joseph H. Willock on September 11, 1948 in Pekin, IL. He died on October 27, 1994. Also preceding in...
Virginia Belle Roberson
Feb 11, 2010
Virginia B. Beck Roberson, 88, of Peoria, IL passed away at 8:39 am Thursday, February 11, 2010 at her home. Virginia was born on June 23, 1921 in Springfield, IL to Charles McKinley and Hazel Elizabeth (Pierce) Beck. She married William R. Roberson on January 18, 1941 in Hannibal, MO. He died on July 15, 1981. Surviving are one...
Marcella Wright
Feb 2, 2010
Marcella J. Wright, 84, of Pekin passed away at 2:32 pm Tuesday, February 2, 2010 in the Emergency Room at Pekin Hospital. Marcella was born on August 25, 1925 in Tremont, IL to Albert and Pearl (Ryan) Keller. She married William Wright on November 29, 1947 in Pekin, IL. He survives in Pekin. Also surviving are: two daughters, Vickie...
Dorothy R. Maple
Feb 2, 2010
Dorothy R. Maple, 97, of Pekin passed away at 7:30 am Tuesday, February 02, 2010 at Hallmark House Nursing Center in Pekin. Dorothy was born on August 6, 1912 in Pekin to Edward C. and Carrie M. (Ross) Oltman. She had been married to Bill Adams, Joe Doubet and George Maple. Preceding in death are eight brothers and one...
Thomas G. Bailey
Jan 28, 2010
Thomas G. Bailey, 88, of Pekin, IL passed away at 1:30 pm Thursday, January 28, 2010 at his home. Tom was born on July 5, 1921 to Wilson and Rose (Thompson) Bailey. He married Virginia Hackler Ketcham on January 16, 1948 in Pekin, IL. She survives in Pekin. Also surviving are: one daughter, Jan (Dennis) Harney of Kahuku, HI;...
Woodford Logan
Jan 20, 2010
Woodford A. "Woody" Logan, 76, of Pekin, Illinois,"Bopa" to his grandchildren, "The Red Yomper" to his daughters and nieces, died at 3:00 p.m., January 20, 2010 at Pekin Hospital. Woody was born on October 24, 1933 in East St. Louis, Illinois to Van E. and Pearl (Tipton) Logan.He married Carol Lee Latina in 1953 in Belleville, Illinois.She died April...
Kenneth F. Ruth
Jan 15, 2010
Kenneth F. Ruth, 80, of Pekin passed away at 10:58 am Friday, January 15, 2010 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Ken was born on February 25, 1929 to Harold F. and Ruth A. (Brown) Ruth. He married Carol J. Hild on November 18, 1951 in Pekin, IL. She survives. Proceeding in death are his parents and...
Iva Mae Wieburg
Jan 14, 2010
Iva Mae Wieburg, age 93, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2010 at Banner Gardens Hospice House in Mesa, Arizona after a brief illness of cancer. She was born the oldest of three children to Josiah Carl Perry and Bessie Mae Fisher Perry on August 4, 1916 at Novelty, Knox County, MO. After graduating from Novelty High School, she moved...
Fred H. Shanklin
Jan 13, 2010
Fred H. Shanklin, 92, of Pekin passed away at 11:45 pm Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at his home. Fred was born on December 16, 1917 in Pekin to James and Lena (Heisel) Shanklin. He married Anna Neulinger on September 29, 1945 in Pekin. Preceding in death are one brother, Leonard Shanklin and two sisters, Lois Elliott and Marie Davis....
Robert Lindy Eertmoed
Jan 7, 2010
Robert Lindy Eertmoed, 82, of Las Vegas, NV and formerly of Pekin passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2010 in Las Vegas, NV. Lindy was born on June 8, 1927 in Pekin, IL to Fred and Emma (Von Boeckman) Eertmoed. He married Marianne Grajkowski on August 3, 1973 in Pekin. Surviving are his wife, Marianne of Las Vegas, NV...
Celina Vidoni
Dec 29, 2009
Celina Vidoni, 84, of Pekin passed way at 10:40 am Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at Hopedale Medical Complex. Celina was born to Giuseppe and Anna (Ponta) Ermacora on July 24, 1925 in Treppo Grande, Italy.She married Dino A. Vidoni on February 4, 1948.He died August 25, 1997. She is survived by one son, Joseph (Cheryl) Vidoni of Peoria; and...
Robert D. Mowrer
Dec 22, 2009
Robert D. Mowrer, 77, of Pekin passed away at 1:05 am Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at his home. Bob was born on August 17, 1932 in Kansas City, MO to Willard and Eartha Marie (Johnson) Mowrer. He married Ann Rock on January 12, 1957 in Kansas City, MO. Preceding in death were his parents and one brother. Surviving are:...
Joel Richard Hapke
Dec 16, 2009
Joel Richard Hapke, 53, of Pekin passed away at 2:18 pm Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL. Joel was born June 19, 1956 in Peoria, IL to Richard L. and Elaine (Waterstreet) Hapke. He is preceded in death by this father. Surviving is: his mother, Elaine of Pekin; one brother, Mark (Paula)...
Lenora L. Eitenmiller
Dec 12, 2009
Lenora L. Eitenmiller, 93, of Pekin passed away at 1:45 am Saturday, December 12, 2009 at Pekin Manor. Lenora was born on October 25, 1916 in Pekin to William and Hazel (Wade) Pfanz Sr. She married Alfred Eitenmiller on March 8, 1941 in Burlington, IA. He died on January 19, 1990. Also preceding in death are two brothers, William...
Clara R. Reynolds
Dec 5, 2009
Clarabelle R. 'Clara' Stout Reynolds, 78, of Pekin passed away at 3:54 PM Saturday, December 5, 2009 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Clara was born on March 26, 1931 in South Pekin, IL to John F. and Hazel (Atherton) Baker. She married Thomas L. Stout on January 4, 1950 in Peoria. She later married J. Russell...
Nadine Fox
Dec 4, 2009
Nadine Kathryn Fox, 90, of Peoria, IL passed away at 6:40 pm Friday, December 4, 2009 at her son's home in Lacon, IL. Nadine was born July 26, 1919 in Pekin, IL to Walter and Juliet (Koeppe) Heisel. She married John T. Fox on October 27, 1946 in Pekin. He died on September 24, 1996. Surviving are two sons,...
Irma M. Jamirson
Nov 25, 2009
Irma M. Jamirson, 79, of Pekin passed away at 7:30 pm Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL. Irma was born on April 4, 1930 in Pekin to Thomas and Pearl (McQuin) Meade. She married Earnie Jamirson on May 4, 1948 in Pekin. He died on May 15th 1985. Also preceding in death...
